miss
n. 女士,小姐; 未擊中
v. 未擊中; 未察覺; 不理解; 錯過; 懷念; 發覺丟失; 避開
You use Miss in front of the name of a girl or unmarried woman when you are speaking to her or referring to her.
It was nice talking to you, Miss Giroux...
吉魯小姐,和您談話很愉快。
Miss Singleton didn't call back, did she?...
辛格爾頓小姐沒有回電話,是嗎?
In some schools, children address their women teachers as Miss .
'Chivers!' — 'Yes, Miss?'
“奇弗斯!”——“什麼事,老師?”
People sometimes address young women as Miss .
'I wouldn't know about that, Miss,' the woman said, backing away.
“我不想知道那件事情,小姐,”這個女人一邊後退一邊說。
Miss is used in front of the name of a place or region to refer to the young woman who has been chosen in a competition as the most beautiful woman there.
Kappy was named Miss Hawaii in 1954.
卡皮被選為1954年的夏威夷小姐。
...two former Miss Scotlands.
兩名前蘇格蘭小姐
1. a young woman;
2. a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
1. fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind;
2. feel or suffer from the lack of;
3. fail to attend an event or activity;
4. leave undone or leave out;
5. fail to reach or get to;
6. be without;
7. fail to reach;
8. be absent;
9. fail to experience;
lose, miss, misplace
這些動詞均有"丟失,遺失"之意。
madam, Mrs, lady, miss
這些名詞均表示對女性的尊稱。
give something a miss
(英,非正式)不予理會;不要
miss a beat
(心臟)跳動(似乎)暫停
(非正式)(尤指在嚴峻情況或活動間的過渡期間)猶豫,躊躇
miss the boat (或bus)
(非正式)(行動過慢而)錯過機會
a miss is as good as a mile
(諺)失敗再小,終究是失敗;錯誤再小,總歸是錯誤
not miss a trick
(非正式)不錯失任何機會
miss fire
發射失敗,用於指火器
未達到預期的目標
miss out on
錯過機會
miss the boat【非正式用語】
未能利用機會
不理解
He could hit his target one hundred times without a single miss.
他打靶能百發百中.
You'd better go now, otherwise you'll miss the train.
你最好現在就走, 要不然就趕不上火車了.
How vexatious to miss one's train!
沒趕上火車真氣人!
She is a saucy little miss!
她是個黃毛丫頭!
In her young age Miss Ross did her best as a school teacher.
在她的青年時代,羅斯小姐盡到了身為一位教師的最大本分.